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Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty

The former Republican House Speaker has confessed. Confessed to what you ask? To trying to withdraw a total of $1.7 million from his account to buy the silence of a man he molested.

The 73-year-old Hastert entered his plea under a deal with prosecutors, who recommended a sentence of up to six months in prison.

The guilty plea was announced by the office of the US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for February 29, it said.

Hastert allegedly made big payments to a male former high-school student to conceal claims that he had sexually abused the teen decades ago, law enforcement officials have told local media.

The Illinois Republican did not face any charges related to the allegations of sexual misconduct during his years as a high-school teacher and wrestling coach before entering politics.

But he was charged with breaking federal banking laws by trying to hide $1.7 million in cash withdrawals and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when it questioned him about the suspicious activity

Former Republican House Speaker Accused of Sexually Abusing Another Male

Oh these Republicans have balls!

It is common knowledge that while Newt Gingrich masterminded the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, Gingrich himself was busy having an affair of his own. And it is common knowledge that while Clinton was being impeached for said affair, another Republican leader, Rep. Bob Livingston of Louisiana, had to step down from being House Leader because he too was involved in multiple affairs.

Balls, right? Yea, I know.

But that’s not the end of if. Apparently, the biggest balls of all go to the next Republican who took over as House Speaker and became the longest-serving Republican House speaker in U.S. history, Dennis Hastert. It is now being revealed that Hastert had a secret of his own, and his secret was big… very big. Big enough that Hastert felt it was necessary to pay $3.5 million to a blackmailer to keep the secret… secret.

What was Hastert’s secret? Was it sexual in nature? Hell yea! He is a Republican after all. But unlike the sexual nature of his predecessors Newt and Livingston, Hastert’s sexual secret involved another man who might have been underage when Hastert had sex with him.

“It goes back a long way,” said one official discussing the recent seven-page indictment against Hastert.

On Friday, federal law enforcement dropped the anvil when they revealed that Hastert paid $1.7 million of the $3.5 million to a male he’s accused of sexually abusing when the boy was his student in Illinois.

And if they can all do it over, I’m sure Gingrich, Livingston and Hastert would all impeach Bill Clinton again for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Balls!